Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-30
A Romance SnOiled.

A romance that almost developed into
wedding night before last was un-
earthed in the hill district yesterday
says the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
The principals in the affair were Chris
tian Roll, aged seventy-eight years, of
No. "a Overhill street, and Mrs. Woos-
ter, aged fifty-eight years, of No. q
on the same thoroughfare. Gossips of
the neighborhood have been talking
about the affair until everybody up that
way seems to know it. A reporter took
the exaggerated stories directly to Mr..
Rolls house yesterday and asked him
gentleman appears very aged, being
white haired. He was dressed in a
comfortable and neat-looking suit of
clothes and wore a straw hat.
mo, am not going to marry at pres
ent," he said, "but can not say whether
I will or will not change my mind in
the future. That woman meaning Mrs.
Wooster) came over to see me last Sat-
urday and told me that the neighbers
were all talking about the matter. l
told her all right; that if she was salts
fed we would declare the engagement
off, and would not get married.
1--WE had our wedding clothes and had
all the preparations made with the eX-
L
bought her clothes, which cost me $50,
and my own suit which l was to wear
cost me $24. 1 own this house and some
more property and intend to live here.
1t was the neighbOrs who scared her out
of the marriage and told q lot of lies
about me. They told her l was crazy
and took two fits or spells every week.
They also said that some day I would
have fit and it would kill me. All
these lies she believed and when she
. told me she did not want to marry me
/ said it was all right. I used to go
| over to see her frequently and several
times took her boquets of flowers, The
| neighbors talked of my visits, but it
was no business of theirs. as | have u
| perfect right to do as | please. Before
| the engagement was made she told me
| the reason she wanted to get married
| was because she wanted home, as her
son was then paying her board. She
was a very nice woman and | would have
given her a good home if the neighbors
had not interferred. l wanted to give
her my property, but she wouldn't take
| it. She goes to the Methodist church,
| and last Sunday l wanted her to wear
the clothes l bought her, but she re-
! fused to do so, as she said she had no
| right to do so yet. Her husband died
| three months ago."
Mr.. Roll has married children who
are quietly but firmly opposed to the
| marriage.
Mrs. Wooster was seen and said: "Mr.
| Roll came over to see me a few times
and asked me to marry him. told him
yes | would and we got our wedding
clothes ready. The neighbors talked
too much about it and thought we had
better not get married. The man is too
old for me anyhow"
| The wedding had been arranged to
take place in the Lutheran church, COR
ner of Smithfield street ahd Sixth ave-
nue. Tuesday evening and large crowd
had gathered in front of Rolls house
waiting for him to appear, but he did
not do SO.
A Virginia LOehinvar.
Parkersburg wv. Va Dispatch to
Pittsburg Post: One of the most sem
sational elopements that has been
known here for some time happened in
Kanawha county the other morning.
The young lady is Miss Lucy Haynes,
daughter OF a wealthy farmer. She is
not quite fifteen years old. Her partner
in the scheme is George Young, aged
nineteen years, who is also we'll con-
nected. These children have been 60
ing together for two or three years, but
always had to effect their meeting
in clandestine manner. Being earn
est in their affections and finding